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(No Model.) 2 sheets sheet 1 F. STROBEL.

STRAW CARRIER.

N0 ,.396,345. I Patented Jan. 15, 1889.

Attorneyd (N ModeL) 2 Sheets-Sheet; 2. I. STROBEL.

,STRAW CARRIER.

No. 396,345. Patented Jan. 15, 1889.

"u WITNESSES I /I/V V/EA/TOR il'niren States FREDERICK S'JROBEL, OF MARION,

OllIO, ASSTGNOR TO TlllE MARION MAN U FAU'lUIltlN G (JOilHAN'Y, OF SAME PLACE.

STRAW CARRl ER,

SPEGEFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,345, dated January 15, 1889.

Application filed June 30, 1888.

which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to straw-carriers. The object is to produce a device which. shall render the employment of the cog-wheels I 5 unnecessary; furthermore, to provide means whereby the carrier is enabled to be swung from one point to another; furthermore, to provide means for operating the carrier-belt, and, finally, to produce a device which shall.

be simple of construction, efficient and. durable in use, and eomparatively inexpensive of production.

\Vith these objects in view he invention consists in the improved eonstruetion and combination of parts of a st raw-carrier, as

will be hereinafter fully described in. the

specification, illustrated inthc drawings, and

pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the aeeo apanyfzrg d rawint's,

in which like letters of reference denote corresponding parts, Figure l is a perspective view of the rear end of a thrashing'anachino, showing the straw-earrier secured in operative position. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the frame removed from the rear end of the thrashirig-machine and of the mechanism for imparting motion to the carrier-belt. Fig. 33 is a side View of the same; and Fig. 4: is a transverse sectional view taken through. line 40 00 a: on Fig. 3, wherein the manner of pivoting the frame to the projecting frame of the thrashing-machine is disclosed.

Refereneebeing' had by letter, A designat es the rear end of a thrashinganachine, to which.

is rigidly secured the frame 15, upon the rear ends of which is 'ournaled the drive-shaft for operatin the device. This shaft is provided upon its intermediate portion. with a chain-pulley, l), and upon one end with the belt-pulley E, which is operated from the tanshaft or any other shaft of the thrashing-ma- Serial No. 278,623. (No model.)

chine by abelt, F. .Tournaled in bearings in one of the cross-pieces G of the rigidly-secured. frame is a \"(filflJlCiLl shaft, Ill, having at each end a chain-pulley, I, one above and the other below the cross-piece.

J indicates the track, which is secured to the side pieces and the rear cross-piecc of the stationary frame.

K designates the pivoted frame, which consists of the pieces K, K K, K", and K, the latter of which has the ends of the other pieces, which are bent, secured to it. The pieces K, K and K are provided at their forward free or disconnected ends with blocks L, the faces of which are recessed, as shown at K, and nearly surroimd the vertical shaft, so that they may turn inany direction and yet be scc'urely retained in position. '\\'hen the pivoted frame turns, the lower edge of the piece K slides, upon the track, hcreinbe'forc re.

l'erred to.

'lwobearing-arms,1K, project from the side of the piece 1i, and in. which are journalcd the short shafts of two ehaii'i-pulleys, M, rotating in a horizontal plane, the same as the cliain- ')ulleys of the short vertical shaft, while the piece if has piojecting upward therefrom bearing-arms N for the shaft: 0, which has 'key .-d to it the Hanged pulleys l and the supporting-pulley .l. An endless chain passes around the chain-pulley l)of the main drive-shaft and over the chain-pulley secured to the lower end of the short vinrtical shaft, thus imparting mot-ion to that shaft. Another endless chain, Q, passes around the upper chain-pulley of the said short vertical. shaft, around the forward clntin-pullcyof the piece ii, thence around a chain-pulley, R,secured upon the end of the shaft 0, and, finally, around, the rear chain-pulley journaled upon. the said piece K. The lower end of the carrier-frame T is pivoted to the shaft by means of the curved arms U, which are bolted to the said earrier-frame, so that the carrier may be drawn up against the rear end of the thrasher by the ropes V or any other wellknown means. The carrier-belt \V passes around the carrier-frame in the usual. manner, and then around. the flanged pulleys, which impart motion to the carrier-belt. As the straw is dischargml from the th'rashcr, it

falls in the carrier, and the belt conveys it to the top and discharges it.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the operation, and advantages of the invention will be readily understood without requiring an extended explanation. It will be seen that by forming the pulleys I of the shaft 0 with flanges they will prevent the carrier-bcl t from slipping laterally, which would naturally interfere with the operation of the earri er-hel t.

ll'avingthusdeseribedinyinvention,Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the 5 United States-- The combination, with a frame projecting from the rear end of: the thrashing-machine and a short vertical shaft journaled in the forward end thereof, of the pivoted frame havin g its forward-projeating pieces provided with recessed blocks for engaging the said shaft, substantially as 'set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK STROBEL.

\V it-nesses:

JOSHUA BERRY, JoE GARBARING. 

